Trips around the sun

The answer to “Trips around the sun” in the New York Times crossword is YEARS — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on December 7, 2025, a Sunday puzzle, at 127-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Trips around the sun” answer

YEARS (5 letters)

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Why the answer is YEARS

YEARS is the 5-letter solution that fits "Trips around the sun" in the NYT Crossword crossword on December 7, 2025 (127-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does YEARS mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of YEARS is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Trips around the sun” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

December 7, 2025 (most recent) → YEARS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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